Help with picking a non-popular name for our daughter....

We are due on Sept. 12 with our first child…a girl.We thought we had a name picked out but I am not sure if giving her that name would be fair to her.Here is part of the dilemma…our last name is Bird.I know that she is going to be teased because of the last name anyway.Some of the teasing sort of names that have already come up from adults are Tweetie, Song, Dodo, Myna, Big, Blue…etc.My husband wanted to be redundant and literal with Raven…but I think that sounds like a stripper name so I axed that.We are both sure that we want something different.He proposed Emily and Emma but I have too many cousins named Emily and although I once liked Emma – after being hurt very badly by my former BF whose given name is Emma…it has left a sour taste in my mouth.At my niece’s preschool there are so many girls with the name Ella, Ava, Isabella, Sophia…we want to stay away from using popular names.

So here are a couple of the names that we are considering…and maybe one of them may be right…perhaps I need to meet her and look at her to see which would fit best.

The first name is making a play on the last name Bird….

1.Indigo Skye as a first name - we would call her Indee or Skye.Indee spelled like that because my grandma was Trudee and my grandfather’s middle name was Dee. She would have a Hawaiian middle name because her father is Hawaiian.

2.Romie. My husband’s name is Robert and my name is Amie.Amber came up but I REALLY don’t like that name.

3.Ever or Everlee – although my husband is not sold on this name at all.

Any thoughts or suggestions?I have gotten good reviews from friends and family for Indigo Skye and my husband likes it but I just didn’t know if it would fair to name her that.

DEFINITELY Romie, although if you don't like it, perhaps consider using it as a mn as it honors you and DH. The right fn could absolutely go with Romie as a mn and Bird as the surname.

Re: the rest of your list:

Not a fan of Ever or Everlee...Everlee is better with Bird than Ever, though. And Indigo or Skye could be pretty on their own (and with a different last name) but they're too much together (with or without your surname).

FWIW, I went to school with two kids who had the surname Bird and I don't remember any of us really ever commenting on it. Their first names were Daniel and Sonia. Sonia would go really well withRomie and Bird in my opinion. And it's classic without being popular.

A few others:Nova - love the meanings (latin: new; astronomy: star suddenly increasing in brightness; spanish: sweetheart and especially the hopi indian one: chases butterflies)NinaLoreleiLaurelDaphneKiraDelaneySheridanRory/Rorie (could also be for Robert and Amie)IvyIrisMarenTierneyBonnieDariaDorian (Dori)Eden (Edie)HadleyMarnieMarloMicah/MeikeToryDanica (Dani)Annika (Annie)Aurora (Rori)VedaJulietSylvie

I love Indigo (admittedly as a guilty pleasure), but Indigo Skye Bird is like a hippie threw up. Don't like Ever or Everlee, so that leaves Romy.

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I love Romy as a nickname, but could never use it as a given name. People love nicknames, and having nicknames, and naming her Romy is just so difinitive. If she hates Romy she doesn't even have a nickname she could go by. She'll always be just Romy. Like just Tiff or just Steph or just Billy. I'd use a formal name still, even if you only plan to call her Romy, because she's not going to have the same tastes you have. She's growing up some day and getting her own opinions, and she might some day not like having a cutesy name. I love the suggestion of Rosemary, but also Romina (row-MEE-nah), Veronica, Ramona, Rosamund, Rosalind (any Rose names, either), etc.Â Â Â

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Another suggestion is Evelyn with the nickname Ever. I also like the suggestion of Sylvia with the nickname Sylvie

I really like Indigo and LOVE the nn Indee! It is so cute and really cool! I would have loved having a name like that growing up! It will definitely stand out in a crowd. It sounds great with Skye but with Bird as a last name, it might be a little much. Maybe qnother Hawaiian name would work better.